From Data Extraction to Data Leaking. Data-activism in Italian and Spanish anti-corruption campaigns

<span class="abs_content">This article investigates how activists employ Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and engage with data-activism in grassroots struggles against corruption. Based on a comparative research design that triangulates three qualitative data sources...

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Main Author: Alice Mattoni
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Language:English
Published: Coordinamento SIBA 2018-01-01
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Online Access:http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/18548
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description <span class="abs_content">This article investigates how activists employ Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and engage with data-activism in grassroots struggles against corruption. Based on a comparative research design that triangulates three qualitative data sources — in-depth interviews, movements' documents and participatory platforms — the article analyses two campaigns: Riparte il Futuro in Italy and 15MpaRato in Spain. In so doing, the article casts light on how activists engage with digital data, revealing how their employment is connected to and consistent with the type of organizational structure and communication strategy of the campaign. Moreover, the article evaluates how activists engage with three specific digital data-related practices — digital data creation, data usage and data transformation. Finally, the article illustrates that grasping the features of digital data-related practices also reflects how activists perceive and enact distinct ideas of active citizenship and data transparency in their fight against corruption.</span><br />
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spelling doaj.art-b2e99355813d4606b93a49bdc4af83be2023-09-20T07:59:55ZengCoordinamento SIBAPartecipazione e Conflitto1972-76232035-66092018-01-0110372374610.1285/i20356609v10i3p72317073From Data Extraction to Data Leaking. Data-activism in Italian and Spanish anti-corruption campaignsAlice Mattoni0Scuola Normale Superiore<span class="abs_content">This article investigates how activists employ Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and engage with data-activism in grassroots struggles against corruption. Based on a comparative research design that triangulates three qualitative data sources — in-depth interviews, movements' documents and participatory platforms — the article analyses two campaigns: Riparte il Futuro in Italy and 15MpaRato in Spain. In so doing, the article casts light on how activists engage with digital data, revealing how their employment is connected to and consistent with the type of organizational structure and communication strategy of the campaign. Moreover, the article evaluates how activists engage with three specific digital data-related practices — digital data creation, data usage and data transformation. Finally, the article illustrates that grasping the features of digital data-related practices also reflects how activists perceive and enact distinct ideas of active citizenship and data transparency in their fight against corruption.</span><br />http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/18548ictsaccountabilityanti-corruptiondata-activismsocial movementstransparency
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From Data Extraction to Data Leaking. Data-activism in Italian and Spanish anti-corruption campaigns
Partecipazione e Conflitto
icts
accountability
anti-corruption
data-activism
social movements
transparency
title From Data Extraction to Data Leaking. Data-activism in Italian and Spanish anti-corruption campaigns
title_full From Data Extraction to Data Leaking. Data-activism in Italian and Spanish anti-corruption campaigns
title_fullStr From Data Extraction to Data Leaking. Data-activism in Italian and Spanish anti-corruption campaigns
title_full_unstemmed From Data Extraction to Data Leaking. Data-activism in Italian and Spanish anti-corruption campaigns
title_short From Data Extraction to Data Leaking. Data-activism in Italian and Spanish anti-corruption campaigns
title_sort from data extraction to data leaking data activism in italian and spanish anti corruption campaigns
topic icts
accountability
anti-corruption
data-activism
social movements
transparency
url http://siba-ese.unisalento.it/index.php/paco/article/view/18548
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